Labour and birth webchat June 22nd
Join Jenny Smith, Senior Midwife at Queen Charlotte's maternity hospital, London, for a webchat about labour and birth. Jenny will be with us 12-1pm to answer your questions. Mum-of-four Jenny has won awards for her pioneering work with water births; her specialist fields include high-risk pregnancies and deliveries.
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Web Ed Nicola
I am 39 weeks today and feeling really impatient to get things moving!
At last check, I was 2/5ths engaged (just over a week ago) and I want to know if there is anything other than eating fresh pineapple, having hot curry and lots of sex that I can try?!
Thanks in desperation for any advice you can offer!
xx
I had a placenta previa which only rectified itself at 32 weeks and as a result have had lots of bleeding throughout my entire pregnancy. i have been told my placenta is 35mm clear of the os so no longer a risk but my baby is still breech (i'm 34 weeks). my consultant wont risk turning him because of the bleeding i have had and he has been given until i am 36 weeks to move otherwise i will be having a section at 39 wks. What I wanted to know is could my baby still be breech because my placenta is still fairly low or could it be another reason? I am a little worried as my midwife mentioned some breech babies tend to have more problems and I read on the internet that this can include birth defects, etc. Is this true that breech babies can have more neurological problems, etc?
I had a sweep this morning from my MW. She had a student with her who I've seen a few times and asked if I would mind if the student had a go at giving me a sweep first. I said that was fine as I thought they've all got to learn somewhere.
She did an examination and then a sweep and while I wouldnt say it was painless it was fine. But then my MW had a go and from the minute she put her fingers in it was painful. She did a sweep and then when she pulled her hand out it was covered with bright red blood and I was bleeding everywhere, like a heavy period. She wrenched my legs open and just sat watching and said "um right ok it seems to be stopping now but keep an eye on it"
I left really worried and have been bleeding since but its almost stopped now, its just brownish with a few red specks in. The baby has moved but is much quieter than usual.
Is this normal??
I was 50% effaced and 2cm dialated.
Carly 37+3
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I'm 43 weeks pregnant now (!) and still no signs of labour. Cervix still too high/unripe to do a sweep (they've made three attempts). My first baby was an early C-section at 36weeks because of pre-eclampsia (no signs of labour). I've had no Braxton Hicks or anything to indicate labour is on its way. I am booked in for an induction on Friday: do I HAVE to have have one or would it be safe to hold on a bit longer? Scan last week showed no placental or foeatal problems. I would really like to have a VBAC if possible and am worried induction might make this less likely.
Thanks!
Do you think the sweep will work?
Carly
Im 39 +1 and on Friday I had what felt like contractions every 25 minutes and they stopped after 5 hours. A friend on here suggested areola stimulation for an hour which I tried. I started to get tightenings and some period type pains which happened every few minutes. I am experiencing a tightening whilst typing this. Its uncomfortab;e but not really painful, just like a period pain.
Are these contractions or just braxton hicks??
Im 35 weeks pregnant with my second child. During my first delivery (which was over ten years ago) I had a very difficult labor with a very long pushing stage, I eventually needed forceps and a ventouse cap and my daughter was whisked off to be resusitated, She was 8lbs 7oz so big but not huge.
Im aprehensive about giving birth this time and the baby has been measuring slightly bigger, do I now have a high chance of having an instrumental delivery again?
Thanks, x
I'll make sure I get a session with the consultant to discuss my options asap. I must say I'm starting to get a bit fed up with being pregnant after 43 weeks of it now!
I have quite painful lower back ache and I feel like the head is very heavy. Sorry if this is more information that you need but my vagina is really achy.